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I remember that he (Bazz) just cracked the top 100 with Rivals. At that point it became pretty clear to me that there wasn't a heck of a lot of difference between nos. 50-100. And that was 4 years ago. Now, however, it seems to be even more difficult. How can someone like Brimah be under the radar that drastically? You have to give tremendous kudos to the UConn staff on judging talent. To me, that's why I rely less and less on the number after the recruit, and more on how hard the Staff goes after him.
 
arnie3 said:
I remember that he (Bazz) just cracked the top 100 with Rivals. At that point it became pretty clear to me that there wasn't a heck of a lot of difference between nos. 50-100. And that was 4 years ago. Now, however, it seems to be even more difficult. How can someone like Brimah be under the radar that drastically? You have to give tremendous kudos to the UConn staff on judging talent. To me, that's why I rely less and less on the number after the recruit, and more on how hard the Staff goes after him.
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Mainly because he wasn't that good in high school. Very, very raw, as we saw early this season. Hard to rank a kid who has been playing only a few years, and has made leaps every one of them. I can't imagine how clueless he was as a Soph/Jr in high school.

Fortunately for us, looks like he'll be a good one.
 
intlzncster said:
Yeah, I was being lazy and not wanting to look them up. Wasn't Kemba in the 30s when we started recruiting him? Could be someone else I was thinking of.
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why let facts get in the way of a good argument. :)

I seem to remember Kemba having a modest ranking before blowing up during the summer and climing into the top 20 in the post summer rankings.

And Bazz was grossly under ranked due to his reclassification.
 
Waquoit said:
I get points 2 and 3, but 1? Sounds a bit fanboy to me. We're UConn. We beat them out for DD and that worked out pretty well for all parties. Except KU, that is.
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Kansas fans say that we got DD because we paid him cash. Seriously.
 
Kemba was outside the top 100 when he committed to us in June of '07, but was considered to be a player who was about to blow up. That summer, his AAU team, the New York Guachos, won about every tournament they played in and Kemba really exploded as a premier player.
 
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BAD NEWS for us hoping to get Jalen:
Current Kansas PG Nadiir Tharpe expected to transfer.
Leaves a big gap for them at G next few years... and we're looking loaded.
 
UChusky916 said:
BAD NEWS for us hoping to get Jalen:
Current Kansas PG Nadiir Tharpe expected to transfer.
Leaves a big gap for them at G next few years... and we're looking loaded.
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Not worried. A New England kid has a chance to play in his backyard for the hottest coach in college hoops and for a blue blood.
 
UChusky916 said:
BAD NEWS for us hoping to get Jalen:
Current Kansas PG Nadiir Tharpe expected to transfer.
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I don't think so. Tharpe was going to be gone by the time Jalen Adams got there. He's graduating after next year.

I think it makes it more likely that Graham goes to KU. According to Jerry Meyer, Graham doesn't want KU recruiting another PG for 2015, so that could have an impact on Adams. We'll see if KU feels like Adams is a PG or a SG if they land Graham and continue to pursue Adams.
 
UChusky916 said:
BAD NEWS for us hoping to get Jalen:
Current Kansas PG Nadiir Tharpe expected to transfer.
Leaves a big gap for them at G next few years... and we're looking loaded.
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Tharpe would be a senior next year. He doesn't figure into Adams's situation at all. If anything, this clears the way for Graham.
 
uchusky32 said:
I like his game. But its not that of a true Sf.
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This was the first of our four titles where we used a "true SF," and we often went with a 3-guard lineup.

1999 - Rip
2004 - Rashad/Denham
2011 - Lamb
2014 - Giffey, but also Kromah and Samuel

Giffey is probably a 3 at the next level, but everyone else is a guard. All I'm saying is, Omar can play the 3 in college.
 
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aceboon said:
Devonte Graham down to Kansas & NC State, if he goes to Kansas that could help
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Just heard from a KU friend that Tharpe is transferring. That could seal the deal.
 
Does anyone know if we recruited Tharpe out of high school? He is a local kid. I wonder if he looked at us while transferring
 
Providence could certainly use him but there is no spot for him here and he's not good enough to play here.
 
superjohn said:
Providence could certainly use him but there is no spot for him here and he's not good enough to play here.
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He's not an All-American but he was honorable mention all conference and averaged 8.5 points and 5 assists a game at Kansas. He's clearly good enough to play here. That being said I can't imagine there's much interest from UConn's end.
 
UMass? Chaz is gone so perfect timing ………

Not a fan at all of his game so let's pass please………..
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
He's not an All-American but he was honorable mention all conference and averaged 8.5 points and 5 assists a game at Kansas. He's clearly good enough to play here. That being said I can't imagine there's much interest from UConn's end.
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The only reason the kid played so much is Kansas had absolutely nothing else at point guard. I've watched the kid his whole career and he's pretty bad, certainly wouldn't be getting any minutes over our guards.
 
Evan Daniels tweeted last night that Devonte Graham is close to a decision, could be today. Let's all root for Kansas.
 
superjohn said:
The only reason the kid played so much is Kansas had absolutely nothing else at point guard. I've watched the kid his whole career and he's pretty bad, certainly wouldn't be getting any minutes over our guards.
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He would be in the rotation at UConn. Your glasses are bluer than most.
 
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Are we talking about tharpe here ? The guy has very little basketball iq, would take a lot of bad shots and give little effort on the other end. Please don't tell me you watched his career and thought , wow this guys errant decision making fits right in with our guard rotation !
BigErnMcCracken said:
He would be in the rotation at UConn. Your glasses are bluer than most.
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BigErnMcCracken said:
He would be in the rotation at UConn. Your glasses are bluer than most.
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I don't know what you're talking about. Sure he would have been extremely useful for us on the team where we only had Marcus Williams and Craig Austrie as ballhandlers and other guard thin teams we had but why exactly do you see him getting time here? As of right now we have Boat, Purvis, Samuel, Omar, Cassell and to a lesser extent Hamilton taking up backcourt minutes. You must think pretty highly of Tharpe, what is it about his game that impresses you?
 
James said:
Are we talking about tharpe here ? The guy has very little basketball iq, would take a lot of bad shots and give little effort on the other end. Please don't tell me you watched his career and thought , wow this guys errant decision making fits right in with our guard rotation !
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Okay but I mean his A/TO was a 2.6 this year in the B12, definitely not bad. Although he is tiny; if he's listed at 5'10, he's probably like 5'9

Besides Bazz in 11-12 (mostly thanks to AD alley oops), we haven't had a player earn above a 2.0 A/TO since the HS class of 2005 came through, and most of that was Craig.
 
James said:
Are we talking about tharpe here ? The guy has very little basketball iq, would take a lot of bad shots and give little effort on the other end. Please don't tell me you watched his career and thought , wow this guys errant decision making fits right in with our guard rotation !
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Tharpe probably has a more complete offensive skill set than TSam. But he doesn't even come close in terms of toughness, both mentally and physically. At the end of the day, that is what matters the most and that is why we win ships.
 
superjohn said:
I don't know what you're talking about. Sure he would have been extremely useful for us on the team where we only had Marcus Williams and Craig Austrie as ballhandlers and other guard thin teams we had but why exactly do you see him getting time here? As of right now we have Boat, Purvis, Samuel, Omar, Cassell and to a lesser extent Hamilton taking up backcourt minutes. You must think pretty highly of Tharpe, what is it about his game that impresses you?
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Omar and Hamilton will get backcourt minutes? Really?
 
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